Who doesn’t like being celebrated? Hot on the heels of Sligo County Council naming a new square on the banks of the Garravogue in the town to remember me, comes a multimedia exhibition in Sligo’s famous Hyde Bridge Gallery featuring original poetry, music and art in my honour. Ath-Theacht Mhéibhe or The Return of Maeve …
Ever wondered what it was like to be a Celtic warrior queen? Well, like I OBVIOUSLY know 😃 but for those of you who might be interested, it might be worth taking a squint at a new movie which has debuted on Neflix. Ever heard of Boudica? A fine woman who had a fair amount …
I have long held the view that the name Maeve conveys some form of creative super talent on those lucky enough to bear it. There is in fact so much evidence for this, that I intend making it my mission to find out where more of my namesakes are and what they do so I …
Confession I would lose my head only for the fact that it is attached. How bout you? Believe me many have wanted to detach my head from my shoulders over the years! But I have an awful capacity to put things down and forget where I left them. My poor mother was the same. Imagine …
It might be silly but everytime I hear that a girl has been named Maeve I take it as a great source of pride. Even 2000 years after my initial reign as Queen of Connacht I am delighted to see that my name is as popular as ever for new parents welcoming a baby girl …
Mine was a much simpler time but I can assure you we knew how to have fun😉 People go on and on about the Cattle Raid of Cooley. You’d swear it was the only thing I did in my life🙄 I wanted to let the husband know who wore the trousers around our gaff. I …
Without wanting to sound boastful, throughout the centuries the number of women who have come close to securing any sort of admiration from me has been quite small. That’s mainly because the gender has been oppressed for so long. In my time we might not have had broadband but a woman did have a certain …
